Faded Giant

English

Noun

Faded Giant (plural Faded Giants)

  1. (US, euphemistic, military) A reporting term to identify an event involving a nuclear reactor or radiological accident.[1][2]

References
  1. Wayback Machine Archived link - About.com: US Government info. Retrieved March 14, 2012
  2. US Department of Defense Directive 5230.16
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